Hand cultivator



May 22, 192a. 1,670952 w. BORDEN HAND CULTIVATOR Filed Sept 28 1927Patented May 22, 1928.

UNITED STATES um w. BORDEN, OF VINCENNES, INDIANA.

HAND CLTIV'IOB.

Application fi1ed September28, 1927. Serial N0. 222,599.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a springgatden plow, or cultivator, of that general type which is operated byband.

One object 01 the im ention is to provide novel means whereby the teetha1e prevenied f101n swinging on the carrying bar.

Another objeet 01' the invention is so 130 arrange the soil-engagingelements 0r plows that they will be peculiarly effective in 0111-tivating the soll.

Another object 0f the i'nvent-ion is to pro- Vide novel means Wherebythe handle may be arranged at different angles With respect to thei1nplexnent proper.

It is within the province o'f the disclosure to i1nprove generally andt0 enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappert-ains.

l/Vifih the foregoing and other objects in view whieh Will appear as thedeseription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination undarrangement 0'f arts and in the details 01 construction hereinafterdescribed and elai1ned, it being understood that; changes in the precise1nbodixnent 0f the invention herein disclosed, may be made Within thescope of what is clai1ned, without departing fro1n the spirit 0f theinvention.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in top plan, a device comstructed inaccordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation; and

Figure 3 is a perspective VieW of one of the teeth, mounted on thecarrying bar.

In carrying out the invention, the1e is, provided a bar 1. The teeth ofthe eultivator include long shanks 2 and short shanks 3, arranged inalternating 01de1, and parallel t0 each othe1', the shanks 2 and 3carrying dep(ending goose necks 4 011 the lower ends 0f whieh thesoil-engaging elements 0r plows are mounced. Owing; fo the fact thats01ne 0f the shanks a1e long, whereas others 0f alle shanks a1'e short,divers 01 the sollengaging ele1nents 01 plows 5 Will be disposed aheadof the other soil-engaging ele- 1nents 01 plows, an observation whichWill be understood readily when Figures 1 and 2 0f the drawings areexamined. The shanks 2 and 3 and the goose necks 4 preferably are made01 spring 1netal. The shanks8 and 2 extend at their forward ends acrossthe carrying bar 1, and are connected 130 the carrying bar by securingelements 6. In order to prevent the shanks 2 and 3 from ewinging on thesecuring elements 6, the lorward ends of the shanks are turned down 130form fingers 7 that engage the forward edge 01 the carrying bar l.

The numeral 8 marks a segment provided with a plurality 01: openings 9,arranged in an arc, the 1ear end 01 the Segment 8 being ]01I10d torearwardly diverging braces 10. The real ends 0f the braces 10 aresuperposed 0n the forward ends 0f the long shanks 2 and are held uponthe said shanks and upon the carrying bar l, by the securing ele1nents 6that connect the aforesaid shanks t-o the carrying bar.

The numeral 11 designates generally, a laterally adjustable handle. Thehandle 11 may be 1nade in various ways. As shown in the drawings, itembodies a pair 0f parallel st nps 12 which are mounted to swing 011 ap1vot ele1nent 14 mounted in the braces 10 ab the place where the bracesj0in the reanwardly extended anns 15 of the segment 8. The pivotele1nent 14 is the center of the arc in which the openings 9 0f theseg1nent are located. In Ehe strips 12 is mounted a keeper, such as aholt 16, the keeper being adapted t0 be received in any 0f the openings9 of th segment 8. A wing nut 17 is threaded on the keeper 01 holt16'and holds alle keepe r in place. The strips 12 diverge, as at 18, toreceive the Wedge-shaped end 19 of a stafl' 20 which forme part of thehandle 11, and securing devices, such as rivets 21, pass through thediverging ends 18 of the strips 12, and through the end 19 0f the s taif20. to secure the staif to the st1ips.

The keeper 01 holt 16 n1ay be withdrawn, and the handle 11 1nay be swungaround 10 any desired angle within the scope 01 the seg1nent 18 and,then, the holt 16 n1ay be replaced, and the wing nut 17 mounted 011 theholt. The parts 1015-8 constitute a forwardly presented ira1ne 0n Whichthe handle 11 is pivoted and held adjnstably for lateral xnovement.

WVhen the i1nplement is drawn over the surface of the soil by means ofthe handle 11, the soil-engaging elements 5 Will operate in a well knownway to cultivate and c1ear between rows, to turn up the soll, and 130operate, generally, in a way Well understood by those wh0 have hadanything t0 (10 With eultivators. 1

What is claimed is In a device 0f the dass described, a

carrying member,soil-iangaging elements 011 ings in the segrnent, a nut011 the holt and the carrying .member, a frame assembled engaging one ofthe strips, and astaff held With the carrylng'member, and including abetween the strips, the staff und the strips segment having openingsextended thereconstituting a handle.

through, strips located 011 opposite sides of In testimony that I claimthe foregoing the frame, a pivot element connect'ing the as my 0Wn, Ihave hereto affixed my signastrips to theframe, a: boltmounted in theture.

strips and insertable into any of the open- IRA W. BORDEN.

